I suppose I'm one of those young people that the media keeps saying
has been galvanized by Obama - I pay attention to the primaries,
listen to the speeches the candidates make, read their books. Never
used to, wasn't real thrilled at Bush v. Kerry, and at the start of
this election cycle really wished that Gore would come back and
run. Then Obama happened.
It's definitely true that nothing is certain with an Obama
presidency, that Hilary is more likely to hit the ground running
and deliver small gains - but that sort of belief is anathema to
how I believe democracy should work. We shouldn't vote for the
candidate that's likely to take small steps in our direction, but
rather the candidate that believes as we do and may take big
risks.
Furthermore, Obama's name doesn't cause certain elements of the
population to hiss, unlike Hillary.
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